Revolution, Counter-Revolution and International Solidarity in Sudan

Event details:
📍 Mill Hill Lane 452, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3TU
🗓️ Friday, 7 November 2025
🕓 4:00 – 5:30 PM (hybrid event)
📧 For the online link, email alice.e.finden@durham.ac.uk

Hosted by the Research on International Politics Group (GRIP)

As Sudan’s people continue to resist war, repression, and the deepening humanitarian crisis, this event brings together activists, researchers, and trade unionists to explore the roots of Sudan’s revolutionary struggle and the lessons it offers for movements everywhere fighting for justice and liberation.

JOIN US for the launch of “Sudan’s Revolutionary and Popular Movements: A Research Report”, a pamphlet produced by MENA Solidarity. This seminar traces the story of Sudan’s 2018 revolution, the rise of the counter-revolutionary war, and the extraordinary resilience of popular resistance. From the strikes and civil disobedience that challenged military rule to the grassroots networks of neighbourhood resistance and women’s organising, this publication highlights the courage, creativity, and determination of Sudan’s people in their ongoing struggle for freedom, peace, and justice.

The discussion will also examine how imperialism and regional powers have shaped the conflict—and how international solidarity can play a vital role in supporting Sudan’s revolutionaries and linking their struggles with the wider fights against oppression, racism, and exploitation in the UK and beyond.

Speakers include:

• Khalid Sidahmed, Vice Chair, Portsmouth Trades Council; Chair, LESE TUC International Affairs Committee; member of MENA Solidarity Editorial Board
• Rania Obead, Sudanese activist; member of the Sudanese Women’s Union; member of MENA Solidarity Editorial Board

Chapters featured in the report include:

• Sudan’s revolutionary history
• Struggles in the streets
• Neighbourhood organising and Resistance Committees
• The workers’ movement
• The voice of women is the sound of revolution
• Fighting for justice: demand-based campaigns
• Resisting war
• The Emergency Rooms
• Guide to solidarity action

Come and be part of the conversation—learn, share, and stand in solidarity with Sudan’s revolutionaries and trade unionists.

Take action:

• Access our Stop the War in Sudan toolkit and sign the postcard addressed to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, urging the British government to support the Sudanese people.
• Share this motion with your union branch and advocate for its adoption: Model Motion – Stand with Sudan: Stop the War, Support the People
• Read our analysis, “The Illusion of Choice: Why People Should Reject Both Sides of the War in Sudan”, for essential background on the warring factions and the revolutionary alternative.
• Download / order our newly released “Sudan’s Revolutionary and Popular Movements: a research report”. 
• Book your ticket for the new film “Sudan, remember us” at a screening near you.

Download resources:

• Sudan Update July 2025 – download the leaflet >>here
• ‘Sudan’s Militia War on the People’ Sudan Update April 2025 – download the leaflet >>here
• ‘Reject both sides in Sudan’s war’ Sudan Update February 2025 – download the leaflet >>here
• ‘Famine is the new war’ Sudan Update September 2024 – download the leaflet >>here
• ‘Stopping Sudan’s hidden war’ Sudan Update March 2024 – download the leaflet >>here
• ‘Why is there a war in Sudan?’ Sudan Update May 2023 – download the leaflet >>here
• ‘Stop the war in Sudan’ Sudan Update April 2023 – download the leaflet >>here
• Stop the war in Sudan / Refugees welcome A4 poster – download >>here